Social anxiety among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents and young adults.

2011 ◽  
pp. 161-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Roberts ◽  
Danielle Schwartz ◽  
Trevor A. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender

scholarly journals Behind the Reasons: The Relationship Between Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Risk Factors and Exposure to Season One of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jabari Miles Evans ◽  
Alexis R. Lauricella ◽  
Drew P. Cingel ◽  
Davide Cino ◽  
Ellen Ann Wartella
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Health Related

With increasing media choice, particularly through the rise of streaming services, it has become more important for empirical research to examine how youth decide which programs to view, particularly when the content focuses on difficult health topics such as suicide. The present study investigated why adolescents and young adults chose to view or not view season 1 of 13 Reasons Why and how individual-level variables related to adolescents’ and young adults’ viewing. Using survey data gathered from a sample of 1,100 adolescents and young adult viewers and non-viewers of the series in the United States, we examined how participants’ resilience, loneliness, and social anxiety related to whether participants viewed the first season or not. Our descriptive results indicate that adolescents who watched the show reported that it accurately depicted the social realities of their age group, they watched it because friends recommended it, and they found the subject matter to be interesting. Non-viewers reported that they chose not to view the show because the nature of the content was upsetting to them. In addition, results demonstrated that participants’ social anxiety and resilience related to participants’ viewing decisions, such that those with higher social anxiety and higher resilience were more likely to report watching season 1. Together, these data suggest that youth make intentional decisions about mental health-related media use in an attempt to choose content that is a good fit for based on individual characteristics.

scholarly journals An Overview of Recent Findings on Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pontillo ◽  
Silvia Guerrera ◽  
Ornella Santonastaso ◽  
Maria Cristina Tata ◽  
Roberto Averna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Clinical High Risk

scholarly journals Increases in depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mariah T. Hawes ◽  
Aline K. Szenczy ◽  
Daniel N. Klein ◽  
Greg Hajcak ◽  
Brady D. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Background The coronavirus [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic has introduced extraordinary life changes and stress, particularly in adolescents and young adults. Initial reports suggest that depression and anxiety are elevated during COVID-19, but no prior study has explored changes at the within-person level. The current study explored changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before the pandemic to soon after it first peaked in Spring 2020 in a sample of adolescents and young adults (N = 451) living in Long Island, New York, an early epicenter of COVID-19 in the U.S. Methods Depression (Children's Depression Inventory) and anxiety symptoms (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Symptoms) were assessed between December 2014 and July 2019, and, along with COVID-19 experiences, symptoms were re-assessed between March 27th and May 15th, 2020. Results Across participants and independent of age, there were increased generalized anxiety and social anxiety symptoms. In females, there were also increased depression and panic/somatic symptoms. Multivariable linear regression indicated that greater COVID-19 school concerns were uniquely associated with increased depression symptoms. Greater COVID-19 home confinement concerns were uniquely associated with increased generalized anxiety symptoms, and decreased social anxiety symptoms, respectively. Conclusions Adolescents and young adults at an early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. experienced increased depression and anxiety symptoms, particularly amongst females. School and home confinement concerns related to the pandemic were independently associated with changes in symptoms. Overall, this report suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic is having multifarious adverse effects on the mental health of youth.

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